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Originally posted by dtb
RP, I am shocked. This is a serious transgression; I will have to confer with the others, but I may have to ask for your badge, madam.
I heard about this abomination on the radio this morning while I was getting dressed, and nearly fell over while stepping into my pants. A dictionary sanctioning the INVENTION OF NEW WORDS?!? Why, it very nearly gave me the vapors (whatever that means).
In fact, when the broadcaster mentioned that "lingweenie" was a favored new word, I thought to myself (as a matter of fact, I think I even said it aloud -- though I was alone at the time...), "Huh -- well, that would be me, I guess."
Yes, I'm a lingweenie, and PROUD OF IT, dammit.
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I think they got the lingweenie definition wrong - I would define lingweenie as a language nerd, and think you will find ample evidence of its use in such form on the various conlang sites (start with
www.lingweenie.net). You may well be a lingweenie, especially if you're the way you are about English in all your other languages, too.
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